Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it [prep] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wound was covered lightly with a shell dressing , and I moved it to one side to have a look . |
| 2 | I threw it to one side . |
| 3 | And then I finished it in one go . |
| 4 | I swallowed it in one gulp and almost died of coughing . |
| 5 | I wore it for one year and that |
| 6 | Now I did it in one method and Mr Grigson did it in er in a second method , and the ability to do that changes the number of households that it would project to the er the dwellings , and cancels out , this makes judgements erm on the actual population projections based , which are estimates that have come out , I do n't necessarily believe the best measured estimates have come out for York , and have adjusted some of the figures in accordance with that . |
| 7 | I shifted it from one hand to the other in an attempt to ease the pain in my back and shoulders . |
| 8 | In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang . |
| 9 | She swallowed it in one gulp and started to cough . |
| 10 | She put it to one side , and opened the folder of photographs . |
| 11 | She gave a tiny giggle as a little dollop of cream adhered to the tip of her nose ; she removed it with one finger , licked the pinky , then wiped her nose with her napkin , glancing round the restaurant through the confusing topography of slats and uprights of the seats and screens , apparently worried that this minor lapse in hand-mouth coordination was being critically observed by any of the surrounding middle-class matrons , perhaps with a view to passing on the scandalous morsel to their opposite numbers in Gallanach and having mother black-balled from the local bridge club . |
| 12 | She drank it at one gulp . |
| 13 | She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat , as Nellie 's face appeared at the door . |
| 14 | The wind was behind her now , blowing her hair forward , so that she could not see properly unless she pushed it to one side . |
| 15 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 16 | So they achieved it in one state and then they moved on to another and started a whole new campaign . |
| 17 | He dangled it from one finger , swung it slowly backwards and forwards in front of the tourist 's eyes . |
| 18 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |